lose an election

Mr Jindal 's victory eclipsed the record set by Edwin Edwards , a four-term governor who once boasted that the only way he could lose an election would be if he were caught in bed " with either a dead girl or a live boy . "

金达尔的胜利使得爱德文？爱德华兹（EdwinEdwards）也相形见绌。爱德华兹担任了四届路易斯安那州州长，他曾宣称，使他失掉竞选的唯一可能便是抓到他“与一具女尸或一名男孩”捉奸在床。

This has become a strange phenomenon in U.S.election , usually ; few candidates are far more ahead in opinion polls , but lose in an election at last .

这也成为了美国选举中一个十分奇特的现象，少数族裔候选人往往在民意调查中遥遥领先，最后却难逃落选的结局。

DISHED up by a chancellor of the exchequer whose party might well lose power in an election six weeks away , Alistair Darling 's budget will be as much a political manifesto as a12-month business plan .

由财政大臣阿利斯泰尔•达林他的政党很可能在6个星期后的选举中失势出台的财政预算将既是一个政治宣言，也是一个年度的商业计划。